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Breakthrough Research Shows the Complexity and Brilliance of Babies’ Brains

For far too long, our culture has looked at babies as blank slates, entering the world with bare little brains just waiting for the adult world to fill them with words, ideas and its own version of wisdom. A more accurate way to think about babies might be as diminutive supercomputers, crunching data from day one; testing hypotheses; processing the complex sounds around them; mastering the floppy, uncooperative little bodies they’ve arrived in; …

Scientists confirm 'baby brain' is real. Here is what's happening

Science has pretty well established that the brain isn't static; it changes and adapts throughout our lives in response to life events in a process called neuroplasticity.Researchers are discovering this is especially true of female brains, which get remodelled significantly during the three Ps: puberty (as do the brains of adolescent males), pregnancy and perimenopause.All three transitions are a frequent butt of pop-culture jokes: the sulky, r…

3 things to know about brain changes during pregnancy

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What the Gut’s First Residents Say About Baby’s Brain Health

Breaking down the microbiology world one bite at a time HomeAbout usMicroBitesThe teamArchivesVolunteeringContactNewsletter What the Gut’s First Residents Say About Baby’s Brain Health Written byMelanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa If you’re a scientist, a parent, or someone who’s ever changed a diaper, you’ve encountered meconium—baby’s first poop. It’s sticky, tarry, and not very glamorous. But according to a new study, it might be doing more tha…